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🇲🇷 Mauritania

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3MRT
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2MR
UN M49 numeric478
IOC codeMTN
Official nameIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Native name(s)ara: official: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية; common: موريتانيا
Alt spellingsMR, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʾIslāmiyyah al-Mūrītāniyyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalNouakchott
Area (km²)1,030,700
Lat / Lng20.0000, -12.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)DZA, MLI, SEN, ESH
Top-level domain.mr
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 22

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,315,065 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.713 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Mauritanian; m: Mauritanian; fra: f: Mauritanienne; m: Mauritanien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)11,679,910,946.437 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,197.51 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)10.319 (2025)
CurrenciesMRU: name: Mauritanian ouguiya; symbol: UM

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950657,715
1951670,884
1952684,804
1953699,390
1954714,673
1955730,724
1956747,606
1957765,346
1958783,996
1959803,606
1960824,298
1961846,167
1962869,184
1963893,423
1964918,955
1965945,838
1966974,157
19671,003,843
19681,034,739
19691,066,754
19701,099,806
19711,133,702
19721,168,355
19731,203,838
19741,240,188
19751,277,330
19761,315,336
19771,353,768
19781,392,713
19791,432,758
19801,474,043
19811,516,877
19821,561,176
19831,606,746
19841,653,693
19851,702,107
19861,751,835
19871,803,014
19881,855,859
19891,903,048
19901,951,878
19912,009,738
19922,088,135
19932,174,328
19942,249,454
19952,312,017
19962,358,188
19972,411,306
19982,474,651
19992,541,698
20002,613,441
20012,678,760
20022,738,655
20032,802,046
20042,868,664
20052,939,059
20063,013,660
20073,093,059
20083,183,269
20093,284,448
20103,390,965
20113,502,811
20123,619,034
20133,734,318
20143,848,514
20153,965,959
20164,086,657
20174,210,600
20184,337,685
20194,467,708
20204,600,131
20214,734,874
20224,875,637
20235,022,441

Full raw record (JSON)

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